Folding cot for children.



Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Atiomeys THE COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

FELIX DUTOUR, or ELIE, MANITOBA, CANADA.

FOLDING COT FOR CHILDREN.

Application filed May 24, 1915. Serial No. 30,025.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, FELIX DUToUR,-residing at Elie, Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Cots for Children; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to folding-cots for children.

In order to more clearly disclose the construction, operation, and use of the invention, reference should be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of the present application.

Throughout the several figures of th drawings like reference characters designate the same parts. 1

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective side view of the cot as used with the mattress and coverings removed; Fig. 2 is a detail of the corner rods; Fig. 3 1s a perspective view of the cot in folded position;

, Fig. l is a detail of one of the supporting hooks used with a bed having an angle iron side rod with a horizontal upper side; and Fig. 5 is the same used with a side rod having a horizontal lower side.

I The main objects of the invention are to provide a neat, compact, and durable cot or bed for babies or small children which can be quickly and easily attached to, or detached from, the side of the 'bed in which the childs mother sleeps.

A further object is to provide a cotof the character described which will rock slightly if the child moves and thus quiet the child, and which can be produced at a comparatively low cost. 7

Referring to the drawings in detail, the base of the cot is a rectangular frame composed of rods 1 secured together, at the outer corners of the frame, by elbows 2 in the usual manner. The anchor corners of the frame are secured together by Ts 3 which are internally screw threaded. An L member 4 is threaded into each of the Ts 3 and is provided, at its inner end, with a downwardly directed integral hook 5. When the cot is used in connection with the ordinary metal bed 3 in which the side bars are of angle iron and have their upper sides horizontal and directed inwardly, the hooks Specification of Letters Patent.

obvious. as fulcrums for the levers formed by the Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

5 fitover the inner edge of side bar 6 of the bed, as in Fig. 1, and firmly secure the. cot t0 the same.

- In order to level the cot thumb screws 7 are threaded through the shanks of L members 4 so that their lower ends engage the topsurface of the upper'side of the side bar of the bed. By turning these screws the cot can be adjusted so as to be level, as will be Also, the thumb screws. will act end rods of the cot frame and the L menibers so that, due to the fact that the L members are secured to the edge of the horizontal portion of the side rod 6, when the child moves the cot will rise and fall gently and thus-quiet the child if he is restless. The short portions of each of the L members 4, at right angles to the stem portion, is ofl the same diameter as the stem portion and threaded similarly thereto and is normally closed by a knob Sthreaded thereon. When the cot is to be used in connection with a bed having side bars the lower-side of which is horizontal it is secured to the vertical side 'of the side bar. To accomplish this the knobs 8 are removed from the short branches of L members 4 and threaded on to the ends of the stem portions of these members, and the. short branches of the L members are then threaded into the Te 3. In this positionthe hooks 5 are presented downwardly and are hooked over the upper edge of the vertical side of the side bar 6 of the bed as in Fig. 5. The thumb screws 7 may be used as before for leveling the cot and the cot will have the same spring, or rise and fall, as in the case of a bed having a side bar with a horizontal upper side.

The cot is provided with the usual end frames 9 and one side frame 10, the side next the bed being left open. The lower ends of the end rodsof the side frame 10 are bent inwardly and back-wardly, at right angles, to form an L portion 10 the inner end of which is journaled in a suitable bore in the end rod 1. The side rods of the end frame 9 are provided with similar L portions 9 journaled in the side rod of the base frame. TheseL portions 9 are provided, near the outer ends of their stems, with rather sharp inward bends 9* adapted to receive the end rods of the side frame 10, when the side and end frames have been raised to vertical position. By this means the side and end frames are securely interlocked against accidental folding in (Figs. 1 and 2).

To support the mattress a plurality of wires 11 are secured to the end rods of the base frame of the cot and provided with the usual coil springs 12 interposed therein. When the cot is not in use the end frames 9 may be forced inwardly and downwardly so as to lie fiat on top of the bed coverings and mattress, after which the side frame 10 may be turned in'on top of the end frames, as in Fig. 8. This gives a very compact cot which may be quickly and easily detached from, or attached to, the side bar of a bed. Of course, the l. portions of the lower corners of the end and side frames are of such length, at their stem portions, as to permit the frames to fold readily and easily over the usual mattress and bed coverings.

. It will be evident that the base frame of the cot can be of any other construction than the tubular construction shown. As an example, this frame could be made of angle iron and the Ts 3, or threaded sleeves, could be secured to tne inner corners thereof by riveting, or other suitable means.

It is thought that the construction, operation, and use of the invention will be clear from the preceding detailed description.

Changes may be made in the construction, arrangement, and disposition of the several parts of the invention without in any way departing from the field and scope of the same, and it is meant to include all such within this application wherein only a preferred form has been disclosed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A. cot comprising the combination of a frame, a side and end members hingedly Copies of this patent may be obtained for connected With the frame, and an attaching member removably connected to the frame and arranged to selectively engage the horizontal and vertical flanges of the side bar of a common form of bed frame.

2. A cot comprising the combination of a frame, a side and end members on the frame, Tmembers on the frame provided with in ternal screw threads and L-shaped members each provided at one end with a hook arranged to engage the flange of the side bar of a bed when either end is engaged in the T-niembers, to engage respectively the vertical and horizontal flanges of the side bar of a common form of bed frame.

3. In a cot of the character described: a rectangular base frame; mattress supporting means carried thereby; end frames having the lowerends of their side rods bent in l... shape and journaled in the side rods of the said base frame, each L portion being provided with a sharp inward bend near the outer end of its stem; a side frame at one side of the cot having the lower ends of its end rods bent in l. shape and journaled in the end rods of the said base frame; a T member secured at each corner of the other side of the base frame and internally screw threaded; an l. member provided, at one end of its stem, with integral hooks adapted to engage the side bar of a bed, and adapted to have either one end of its stem portion or one end of its short branch threaded into the said T member, selectively; and a thumb screw threaded through the stem of the said i. member.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set ny hand in the presence of two witnesses.

FELIX DUTOUE.

l Vitnesses L. G. SUTLIFF, F. E. BARBER.

five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Eatents. Washington, D. C. I 

